Lot 136
Gillray (James) Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris - vide The Moniteur & Cobbetts Letters, etching with hand-colouring, 1802
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Gillray (James) Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris - vide The Moniteur & Cobbetts Letters, etching with hand-colouring, a good impression on wove paper without watermark, sheet 256 x 354 mm (10 x 13 7/8 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, some minor toning and surface dirt, unframed, [BM satires 9892], Hannah Humphrey, 1802; together with 3 further Gillrays, including 'Making-Decent;i.e.-Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume' [BM 10531], 'An old Maid on a Journey' [BM 10300], 'Company shocked at a Lady getting up to Ring the Bell' [BM 10303], etchings with hand-colouring, various sizes between 252 x 358 mm (10 x 14 in) and 290 x 430 mm (11 1/2 x 16 7/8 in), the first two mentioned trimmed to or within the platemark, the first mentioned laid down, all with handling creases, surface dirt and toning, all unframed, 1804-1806 (4)
Provenance:
Dr. R. Bird;
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Description
Gillray (James) Introduction of Citizen Volpone & his Suite at Paris - vide The Moniteur & Cobbetts Letters, etching with hand-colouring, a good impression on wove paper without watermark, sheet 256 x 354 mm (10 x 13 7/8 in), trimmed to or just within the platemark, some minor toning and surface dirt, unframed, [BM satires 9892], Hannah Humphrey, 1802; together with 3 further Gillrays, including 'Making-Decent;i.e.-Broad-bottomites getting into the Grand Costume' [BM 10531], 'An old Maid on a Journey' [BM 10300], 'Company shocked at a Lady getting up to Ring the Bell' [BM 10303], etchings with hand-colouring, various sizes between 252 x 358 mm (10 x 14 in) and 290 x 430 mm (11 1/2 x 16 7/8 in), the first two mentioned trimmed to or within the platemark, the first mentioned laid down, all with handling creases, surface dirt and toning, all unframed, 1804-1806 (4)
Provenance:
Dr. R. Bird;
Thence by descent to the present owners.
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